Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
512x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 128 MB
400x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2000 vs 5
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 360 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 12 November 2002
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2000 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	360 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

360

181

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	2000	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	360	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	9049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Kelvin
Code name	Skylake GT4e	NV28 A2
Launch date	1 September 2015	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	992	990
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	36 million
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	128 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		650 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync